Kaya Okuno

Kaya Okuno
Kaya Okuno
奥野香耶
Born	March 1, 1991 (age 33); Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2014–present
Agent	81 Produce
Height	151 cm (4 ft 11 in)

Kaya Okuno (奥野香耶, Okuno Kaya, born March 1, 1991) is a Japanese voice actress from Iwate, Japan. She is affiliated with 81 Produce.^[1]

Career

When she graduated from high school, Okuno told her parents that she wanted to go to a voice actor vocational school.

She became a 4th year university student and passed the 2nd Anison Vocal Audition of Avex and 81 Produce's Wake Up, Girls! AUDITION held in September 2012. Since 2013, she has been active as a sub-leader of voice actor unit Wake Up, Girls!.

In January 2014, she made her voice actor debut as Kaya Kikuma in the anime series Wake Up, Girls!.

In 2015, she won the Special Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards on Wake Up, Girls!.

In 2018, the hot spring Musume Yunohana Collection first general election group Uninoued Inori Unsenior won 2nd place, and solo debut and secret live appearance were decided.^[2]

Filmography

Television Animation

Dramatical Murder (2014), Female B (ep 5)
Hanayamata (2014), Yaya Sasame^[3]
Wake Up, Girls! (2014), Kaya Kikuma^[4]
When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace (2014), Middle Schooler
Dance with Devils (2015), Schoolgirl A (eps 1-2, 5)
Hacka Doll the Animation (2015), Hacka Doll #2^[5]
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (2015), Azusa Satomi
Shomin Sample (2015), Maid (eps 3, 9); Misaki Yamada (ep 5); Ojōsama
Hundred (2016), Karen Kisaragi^[6]
Schwarzesmarken (2016), Operator A
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody (2019), Tama^[7]

Original Video Animation (OVA)

Original Net Animation (ONA)

Wake Up, Girl ZOO! (2014), Kaya Kikuma

Theatrical Animation

Wake Up, Girls! Seven Idols (2014), Kaya Kikuma
Wake Up, Girls! Seishun no Kage (2015), Kaya Kikuma
Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom (2015), Kaya Kikuma
New Initial D Legend 3: Dream (2016), Sayuki

Video games

Wake Up, Girls! Stage no Tenshi (2013), Kaya Kikuma
Hacka Dokkan (2014), Hacka Doll #2
Hanayamata Yosakoi Live! (2014), Yaya Sasame
Granblue Fantasy (2015), Bridgette
Miracle Girls Festival (2015), Kaya Kikuma
Thousand Memories (2015), Hacka Doll #2
Uchi no Hime-sama wa Ichiban Kawaii (2015), Komahime Chikorin Gambit
Yome Collection (2015), Hacka Doll #2
Drift Girls (2016), Marei Hinohara
Kirara Fantasia (2017), Sasame Yaya
The King of Fighters All Star (2020), Pretty Zero (Original), Pretty Zero (Clone)^[8]^[9]

Dubbing

The Final Girls, Mimi (Lauren Gros)^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Official Profile" (in Japanese). 81 Produce. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
^ "温泉むすめ第2回総選挙 -温泉むすめ4thLIVE開催記念-". 温泉むすめ第2回総選挙.
^ "Hanayamata Dancing TV Anime's Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
^ "7 Main Characters Narrate Latest Ad for Wake Up, Girls! TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
^ "Studio Trigger Makes Promo Anime for DeNA's Hacka Doll News App". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
^ "Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Rumi Ookubo, M.A.O Star in School Battle Story 'Hundred'". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
^ "Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody Anime Casts Kaya Okuno as Tama". Anime News Network. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
^ @KOF_ALLSTAR (January 29, 2020). "【KOF ALLSTARに新ファイター参戦予告！】「Welcome to death falling」姿が変わってしまったゼロ(オリジナル)、KOFASに参戦 🐱 CV.奥野香耶プリティー・ゼロ(オリジナル)を動画でチェック！次回もお楽しみに😊 DLはこちら▼ kofallstar.netmarble.jp #KOFAS #KOF #プリティー・ゼロオリジナル" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 30, 2020 – via Twitter.
^ @KOF_ALLSTAR (May 12, 2020). "【KOF ALLSTARに新ファイター参戦予告！】「こういう時間は楽しいものだな」姿が変わってしまったゼロ(クローン)、KOFASに参戦！ CV.奥野香耶プリティー・ゼロ(クローン)を動画でチェック！次回もお楽しみにSmiling face with smiling eyes DLはこちら▼ http://kofallstar.netmarble.jp #KOFAS #KOF #プリティー・ゼロクローン" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2020 – via Twitter.
^ "ファイナル・ガールズ　惨劇のシナリオ". Sony Pictures Japan. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

External links

Official blog (in Japanese)
Official agency profile (in Japanese)
Kaya Okuno at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[81prod-1] "Official Profile" (in Japanese). 81 Produce. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2016.

[2] "温泉むすめ第2回総選挙 -温泉むすめ4thLIVE開催記念-". 温泉むすめ第2回総選挙.

[hanayamata-3] "Hanayamata Dancing TV Anime's Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2016.

[wug-4] "7 Main Characters Narrate Latest Ad for Wake Up, Girls! TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2016.

[hacka-5] "Studio Trigger Makes Promo Anime for DeNA's Hacka Doll News App". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2016.

[hundred-6] "Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Rumi Ookubo, M.A.O Star in School Battle Story 'Hundred'". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 13, 2016.

[7] "Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody Anime Casts Kaya Okuno as Tama". Anime News Network. October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.

[8] @KOF_ALLSTAR (January 29, 2020). "【KOF ALLSTARに新ファイター参戦予告！】「Welcome to death falling」姿が変わってしまったゼロ(オリジナル)、KOFASに参戦 🐱 CV.奥野香耶プリティー・ゼロ(オリジナル)を動画でチェック！次回もお楽しみに😊 DLはこちら▼ kofallstar.netmarble.jp #KOFAS #KOF #プリティー・ゼロオリジナル" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 30, 2020 – via Twitter.

[9] @KOF_ALLSTAR (May 12, 2020). "【KOF ALLSTARに新ファイター参戦予告！】「こういう時間は楽しいものだな」姿が変わってしまったゼロ(クローン)、KOFASに参戦！ CV.奥野香耶プリティー・ゼロ(クローン)を動画でチェック！次回もお楽しみにSmiling face with smiling eyes DLはこちら▼ http://kofallstar.netmarble.jp #KOFAS #KOF #プリティー・ゼロクローン" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2020 – via Twitter.

[10] "ファイナル・ガールズ　惨劇のシナリオ". Sony Pictures Japan. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

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